I’ve been playing Quake Live for the last few months, and I’ve been having a blast!
Yesterday, ID opened QL to the whole world, for everyone to play! It’s of course, still beta. But if you liked Quake3, then you’ll most likely love this one!
The King is back! 
If you wan’t to chalenge me, you can add my nickname to the friends list, my nick is simply: HP
Cheers, and happy fragging!
Scene for a Movie ~ Aliens (Update #1) »« Under Siege ~ First screenshots and DevBlog!
The adventure continues… and I can’t wait to take a peak at the new tweaks they’ve made to the engine!
And I can’t wait to see what tweaks I can do myself… 
Max Payne ~ The Movie New trailer »« Portal’s “Still Alive” done with typography!
The theme music of one of the best games ever made! 
Clear your throat, get ready, and press play!
The movie of the game that inspired me to be who I am, and what I am working (Games) on is about the blow in the cinemas!
And here is the trailer to generate some hype, and oh hell yeah I’m hyped!
Hélder [HP] Pinto – Ultra High Quality Custom Config V1.3.1
From the time I’m writing this, my thread on crymod has almost 100 000 views, this config has thousands of downloads and I still keep on getting very useful comments and positive feedback on a weekly basis through out all this months!
I want to thank everyone that helped me, help the Crysis gamers having a better joyful experience on what is the most beautiful, stunning game, ever created, and with this config you can unleash the true power of Crysis, even further!
Enjoy this new release with some minor fixes, and again, thank you very much for the support!
Change Log & Bug Fixes
Version 1.3.1 ~ release 10-06-2008
* Fixed a bug where in some distant areas, the shadows start to flicker
* Increased character’s distance render draw to a more realistic value
* Minor tweaks
Operation Codename: Vulcano ~ Released! »« Vulcano Map ~ Update #3
As a big Metal Gear Solid fan, I’m waiting eagerly for the lunch of the last installment of the MGS saga, Metal Gear Solid 4, Guns of the patriots!
The game is already pre-ordered and I’m going to buy a Playstation3 next week as well, just to play another Hideo Kojima masterpiece.
I leave you with the theatrical trailer of MGS4, only one month to go! 
Some things are meant to be perfect.
Some things, are meant to stay perfect.
Some things, like MGS manage to do both!
Vulcano Map ~ Update #3 »« Lost World Returns ~ PCGamerUK Article
Hélder [HP] Pinto – Ultra High Quality Custom Config V1.3 Final
Increase the quality of Crysis with this Ultra High Quality Autoexec.
This autoexec includes all the features and graphics improvements available on Very High (Dx10).
This config has been tweaked to run Crysis within it’s maximum beauty, while still getting minimally smooth/playable FPS!
Minimum System recommended is a Nvidia 8800, 2GB RAM and a fairly good dual core CPU.
- Better shadows
- HDR
- Parallax Mapping
- Very high quality textures, terrain and vegetation
- Lightning improved
- High Quality particles
- Tweaked Lods for best FPS/Quality relation.
Installing:
1. Paste the “CVarGroups” folder into the folder “*:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Game\Config”, and overwrite the existing one. (Backup you’re old one if you want)
2. Go ingame and set all the Graphics Settings to HIGH.
3. Paste the file “autoexec.cfg”, under the root of you’re Game folder, “*:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Game”.
Change Log & Bug Fixes
Version 1.1 ~ release 23-12-2007
* Removed the blue distant trees artifacts.
* Removed very noticable vegetation popping effect with grass and shrubs.
* Increased the resolution of sprites, and tweaked sprites lods.
* Improved LODs.
* Improved particle LODs that caused mass usage of CPU.
Version 1.2 ~ release 03-01-2007
* Minor Tweaks.
* Removed useless “sys_budget_sysmem” “and sys_budget_videomem” commands.
* Added Very High Settings “CVarGroups” folder, to trick the game to use Level 4 graphics detail. ( Very High Dx10)
Version 1.3 RC1 ~ release 12-01-2007
* Improved physics, and particles.
* Fixed exaggerated green fluorescent vegetation when entering darker environments.
* Increased resolution of distance sprites, and increased the distance where 3D vegetation is visible.
* Added all the previous “CVarGroups” folder commands, onto the autoexec.cfg itself.
* Tweaked Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO):
- Shadows slighly brighter, and more detailed at close ranges.
- Brighter environments when playing at night.
- Fixed bug with Night Vision Goggles when playing at night.
Version 1.3 RC2 ~ release 14-01-2007
* Improved FPS
Version 1.3 RC3 ~ release 15-01-2007
* Improved FPS
* Improved water
* Due to bugs in the readings of the autoexec.cfg , readded Very High Settings “CVarGroups” folder,
to trick the game to use Level 4 graphics detail.
* Added a few FPS gain commands.
Version 1.3 FINAL ~ release 17-01-2007
* Increased vegetation render distance.
* Better and higher ocean waves.
* Fixed foliage wind activation distance too low.
* Improved water.
* Final tweaks, better FPS/Quality relation.
PS. I recommend everyone that’s still using V1.2 or 1.3RCx to download 1.3 Final, there’s a lot of improvements both in the performance and visual beauty of the overall game!
COMPARISONS: (From left to right, High | Very High | [HP] Ultra High Custum Config (Screenshots taken in my custom map)
Comments and critics are highly apretiated.
Official Discussion thread: http://crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=13790
(Please, refer to that link before mailing me for questions!)
Config made by Hélder “[HP]” Pinto
www.helderpinto.com
New Level Design community ~ Level Makers »« Unreal Engine 3 ~ Official Video Tutorials
Hourenced have released his new book: The Hows and Whys of the Games Industry!
* Intended for amateurs who wish to ‘break into’ the games industry and who are looking for additional information. It’s also for those who are yet undecided on whether or not to pursue a career in the games industry.
* Aims to provide the reader with a honest and objective discourse about the games industry, its pros and cons, and why one would, or would not, want to be active within this industry.
* Interviews with over twenty industry professionals on how they got in, what they like, and what they dislike about the games industry.
* Attempts to provide the reader with answers to some of the most common questions beginners have; such as how much one can expect to earn, the best way to apply to a studio, and what to expect during a job interview. The book will provide the reader with plenty of tips about what to look for when searching for a job.
* Illustrated with exclusive concept art by Romano Molenaar.
Two example extracts are available.
http://www.hourences.com/book/book2procon.htm
http://www.hourences.com/book/book2interview.htm
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The book is shipped world wide and counts 236 pages.
More information on http://www.hourences.com/book!
Unreal Engine 3 ~ Official Video Tutorials »« Call Of Duty 4 ~ Video Review
After Infinity Ward’s finished CoD2, they instantly started to work on they’r first FPS on present day, CoD4.
That’s right, for those who doensn’t knew it, CoD3 wasn’t developed by the original company that made it’s predecessors.
CoD4 is finally out, and it turned out to be a true master piece, we really do live in a great era for FPS fans!
Enjoy this video review, by GameTrailers.
The Hows and Whys of the Games Industry Released! + New Tuts »« Manhunt 2 PSP ~ Uncensored
Well, Capcom recently announced Street Fighter 4!
Bad news is, it will only be available in… 2009! 
Anyways, here’s a very nice teaser I must admit.
Orange box ~ Zero Ponctuation review »« Hourences New Book and Community Website
